topic Re: Start Location permission problems in Alfresco Archive

Start Location permission problems

cnrocos — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:22:53 GMT

Hi group,I have created a space called "R&D" under "Company Home".This space does not inherit permissions from it's parent.Under "R&D" I have created three spaces "User A", "User B" and "User C". I have also created three users "userA", "userB" and "userC". On each of the "User x" spaces, on

Re: Start Location permission problems

kevinr — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:05:26 GMT

However, users can still change their "Start Location" to "Company Home", although they have no access rights to it.

This is a bug! I have raised the issue in JIRA:
http://issues.alfresco.com/browse/AWC-1076

1. Is there a way to remove "Company Home" option from "Start Location" dropdown?
Only by changing the code - see UserPreferencesBean and the method getStartLocations() - I have raised the bug above as this is an issue.
2. Is there a way to filter out all non-accessible spaces from the "Start Location" dropdown?
No so i have raised a bug as above.
3. Is there a way to stop users from managing the space users for a space and delete themselves by mistake?
Not at the moment, I have raised this also:
http://issues.alfresco.com/browse/AWC-1077

Thanks,

Kevin

Re: Start Location permission problems

cnrocos — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:10:00 GMT

Thanks for the prompt reply!

In this case, I would like to ask some more questions:
1. Where do I find the UserPreferencesBean and the method getStartLocations()?
2. Is there anything that could be changed at bootstrap level or at the database level to facilitate a (temporary) solution?

SPACES STRUCTURE:
Company Home (no access rights to anybody)
–> R&D (access rights to all R&D users)
—–> User A (access rights to User1 only)
—–> User B (access rights to User2 only)

OTHER ISSUES:
Also, I have noticed the following:
A. When changing user home location for users, if I select an existing space and then type underneath the new space for the user, this renames the selected space. This looks like conceptual bug.
B. I cannot add "All" permissions to a user using the UI.
C. If the user does not have access to "Company Home" and their start location is set to "User x", there seems to be no way of navigating to higher levels of their start location (R&D).

QUESTIONS:
Is there anything that could be changed at bootstrap level or at the database level to facilite a solution to any of the above issues?

Best regards,
-Costa

Re: Start Location permission problems

gmnnus — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:37:21 GMT

However, users can still change their "Start Location" to "Company Home", although they have no access rights to it.
This is a bug! I have raised the issue in JIRA:
http://issues.alfresco.com/browse/AWC-1076

1. Is there a way to remove "Company Home" option from "Start Location" dropdown?
Only by changing the code - see UserPreferencesBean and the method getStartLocations() - I have raised the bug above as this is an issue.
2. Is there a way to filter out all non-accessible spaces from the "Start Location" dropdown?
No so i have raised a bug as above.
3. Is there a way to stop users from managing the space users for a space and delete themselves by mistake?
Not at the moment, I have raised this also:
http://issues.alfresco.com/browse/AWC-1077

Thanks,

Kevin

Re: Start Location permission problems

kevinr — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:45:08 GMT

Now fixed:
http://issues.alfresco.com/browse/AWC-1076